14. He thinks it's important to do things that stretch yourself- like going to Mexico with 30 teenagers for a week on a missions trip

15. He is obsessed with Finnigan. I would've never guessed!

16. He encourages me to buy organic food

17. He will snuggle up and watch a chick flick with me, just because he know's I'd like it

18. He trusts me with the part of our business that I handle- he doesn't do much of the vending except repairs and moving of pop/snack machines.

19. It was his idea to pick and juice apples last fall- and yes he helped juice them too!

20. He loves that I take lots of pictures.

21.He is a good friend (also to others, not just me!)

22. Quirky little things like Capitalizing Letters In the Middle of a Sentence, "Because those words are important too, Andrea."

23. He watched John & Kate Plus 8 with me when we were in Florida (one episode) because he knows I like that show

24. He is 100% the head of our household

25. He doesn't like pink, or should I say hates pink. Pink has negative manly-ness in his book!

26. He changes the TP roll when it runs out and doesn't just leave it for me to do. And on top of that- he is particular like me that it is put on correctly- where it comes off the roll from the top!

27. He usually notices the small things I do for him, like having a fresh glass of water on his nightstand (pre- kitten days though!) and makes a point to say thanks.

28. He agrees with me that what is the point of having nice decorating if you don't display it- like making the bed (he will if I ask) and closing the shower curtain (almost always gets this one right!)

29. Snuggling is really important to him

30. We share the favorite movie: The Count of Monte Cristo

31. He played all 16 rounds of the double fifteen dominoes with me recently and only won like 4 rounds. He was a good sport (for the most part) at letting me beat him so many times

32. He really encourages my creative side

33. He grew up watching Feature Films for Families too!

34. He wanted to paint all the walls in our apartment so I would feel like this is really home until we can build our house

35. He mostly doesn't care what other people think about him. Example: he wears polo shirts almost exclusively with jeans or shorts. So he has "work" polos and "nice" polos! It's like his self imposed uniform.

36. He would rather eat at home than go out to eat.

37. Even thought the acting was slightly cheesy, he really liked Fireproof with me.

38. He make sure the door is locked every night before bed so I feel safe

61. He is just plain ole tough! After he rips out cabinets or does some other demolition on a job he usually calls me and tells me he is "made for that kind of work!"

62. He is a great speller

63. He understands accounting (if not more than me- and I have an accounting degree...)

64. He drives me crazy when he eats the tortillas as fast as I can make them, but then again that means he likes my cooking! Same with cookie dough!

65. He always tells me when I go have a girls night or coffee date that I am more than welcome to stay as long as I'd like, don't worry about rushing home. That means a lot to me!

66. I'm learning to appreciate that his relationship with God is different than mine. ;)

67. He listens to audio books when he is doing mindless work like grouting a tile job. He's so smart!

68. He is a super hard worker.

69. He is a thinker through and through. I can't keep up with him- I've tried!

70. He is leading our lives in a disciplined and determined manor- determined not to float throughout life living just "doing what everyones doing" but rather a "think for yourself" mindset

71. He's striving to let my organization skills rub off on him

72. He loves the outdoors - especially admiring God's creation

73. He's like me in that many of his friends are twice his age- there's much to be learned from a mature friend! ;)

74. He always prefers to give a job to someone he knows so that they benefit from the referral

75. He calls me often in the middle of the day, just to see how I am doing.

76. He thanks me often for feeding him. The way to his heart really is through his stomach!

77. He values my opinions

78. He is "Map Man" a nickname he earned in high school. He loves maps!

79. He always hangs up his wet bath towels

80. He knows my love language is words of encouragement and is a wonderful encourager :)

81. Almost every Sunday morning after I am dressed for church he tells me, "You look cute today, baby!"

82. He loves to visit my family it TX like I do! Guns, tools, wrestling, intellectual conversation- he loves all the testosterone there! We ladies are outnumbered!

83. Often on the way back from Arkansas he stops at Braums and we get ice cream cones together!

84. He is so good with our friend's kiddos, he's going to be a fantastic father!

85. He enables me to be a good gift giver- I LOVE to give gifts, especially out of the blue! I think that's my "how I show love" love language!

86. He is ok with me going on an 8 day missions trip this summer, even though he's said multiple times how much he's going to miss me (mostly I think he'll miss his meals being made every day! haha!)

87. He does beautiful remodeling work. He makes me SO proud that it's gorgeous and high quality!

88.He talks with me a lot- females need lots of conversation and he's so good to me!

89. He and I work together often. I consider that a HUGE blessing in our lives. Many people tell me they couldn't work together with their spouse and I'm so glad we can! We won the "how well do you know your spouse" game at home fellowship last weekend! I credit it to how much time we spend together!

90. He reaches things up high for me so I don't have to get a ladder, stool or chair to stand on!

91. He is always trying to come up with the next best analogy in conversation. My brain so doesn't work like that! (Jason adds: my friend Thomas is my newest mentor, he is the king of analogies!)

92. He enables us to take lots of trips. I still can't believe we had about 10 weeks off last year for camps, missions and personal trips! That's incredible to me!

94. He looks at almost everything and wonders, "How can I make that?"

95. He fixes everything! (Including me! Sometimes I have to remind him that I don't always want to be fixed, just listened too! haha!)

96. He has really high standards for just about everything.

97. He is like our friend Danny said once, "a sponge" because he just soaks up every little piece of information possible!

98. He is a faithful husband, son (in-law), brother (in-law) and friend.

99. He tells me every single day he loves me!!!

100. He is taking me to Fleming's Steak House for Valentine's dinner!

101. He will be embarrassed by this whole list- he's a humble guy who doesn't like to be the center of attention, but he's the center of my little world!

3 comments:

One of the best wedding sermons I've ever heard (from a Catholic priest no less!) emphasized that each party has a responsibility to adapt to the other. I thought at the time it was incredibly practical and wise advice. I'm so glad you two have adapted to each other in so many spheres of your lives. Blessings on the two of you! - Mom